Scamandra hermione Stål, 1864

Constant, Jerome, 2013, <p class = " HeadingRunIn "> <strong> The Oriental lanternfly genus <em> Scamandra </ em>: new species and taxonomical notes (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3709 (2), pp. 134-148 : 139-140

Scamandra hermione Stål, 1864

Figs 4A–C , 11A–E , 14 , 16 .

Scamandra hermione Stål, 1864: 62 [Type locality: Manilla, Philippines].

Type material. Holotype, ♂ (dissected, genitalia in glycerine): [Manilla] [ Thorey ] [ Scamandra Hermione Stål ] [372, 61] [Allotypus] [NHRS-HEMI 000000214] ( NHRS).

Additional material examined: 2 ♂, 2 ♀: Philippines, Luzon, Laguna prov., Barangay Prinza, Summit Hill , 12°12’43.5”N 121°32’19.1”E, 15.iv.2011, leg. J. Bresseel ( RBINS) ; 1 ♀: Philippines, Luzon, Quezon N.P., Pinagbanderahan trail, Atimonan , 12.iv.2011, leg. J. Bresseel & N. Bellemans ( RBINS) ; 1 ♂: Philippines, Luzon, Mt Makiling , Baker ( FSAG) ; 1 ♂: Philippines, Manilla ( FSAG) ; 1 ♂: idem ( OUMNH) .

Note. In the NHRS collections, another specimen erroneously bears a label [Typus]. That specimen is not a type because Stål (1864) based his description on a single male from Manilla, and this specimen is a female from “Ins. Philipp.” collected by Semper.

Diagnostic characters. (1) Tegmina red-brown with nodal line straight at 2/3 of length ( Fig. 11 A ); (2) hind wings with square-shaped bright orange marking on disc and narrow white lines along claval fold, anal and sutural margins broadly bordered with white and apical 1/3 brown ( Fig. 11 A ); (3) all legs orange ( Fig. 11 B ).

Distribution. Known from the Philippines (Luzon).

Description. Measurements: LT: ♂ (n = 3): 27.0 mm (26.0–28.0); ♀ (n = 3): 31.6 mm (30.9–32.1); ratio BV/ LV: 2.29; BF/LF: 0.86; LTg/BTg: 2.38.

MALE GENITALIA. Pygofer 2.15 times higher than long in lateral view, with posterior margin obliquely emarginate on dorsal ¼ and rounded in middle ( Fig. 4 A ); anal tube elongate, about 1.4 times longer than broad in dorsal view; sides rounded and slightly sinuate basally, apical margin roundly emarginate dorsally and ventrally, more strongly so dorsally ( Fig. 4 C ); gonostyli longer than high in lateral view, with dorsal margin strongly produced dorsad near apex; process pointed ( Fig. 4 A ); latero-dorsal tooth of gonostyli projecting laterally ( Figs. 4 A, B ).

Figures

FIGURES 4A–C. Scamandra hermione, male genitalia. A. pygofer, anal tube and gonostylus, left lateral view; B. gonostyli and pygofer, postero-ventral view; C. anal tube, dorsal view.

FIGURE 16. Distribution map. Scamandra hermione:; S. huangi: ¤; S. vanvyvei: ª; S. vanvyvei pelengana: o; S. lumawigi: -; S. mucorea: ⌧; S. jakli: •; S. stanjakli: Ɨ.

FIGURES 11–12. 11, Scamandra hermione. 12, S. mucorea. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, ventral view. C: vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view; D: frons, normal view; E: habitus, lateral view.

FIGURES 13–15. 13, Scamandra mucorea in Palawan, near Sabang, near the entrance to the Underground River National Park, at night, 23.i.2011 (photograph by A. Anker). 14, S. hermione in Luzon, Quezon National Park, 15.iv.2011 (photograph by J. Bresseel). 15, S. jakli. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, ventral view. C: vertex, pro and mesonotum, dorsal view; D: frons, normal view; E: habitus, lateral view.